_Sash._ With colored floss cast on 15 stitches and knit 6 ribs, with white knit 1 rib, with colored floss knit 5 ribs, with white knit 1 rib, with colored floss knit 34 inches and then work border as at other end. Cut white floss in strands 4 inches long; knot 2 strands in each stitch and tie all together one inch from end of sash, to form a tassel. Attach sash to underarm seams with pearl buttons. Lace front with a ribbon tie.
27 balls colored Germantown, 1 ball white. 1 pair knitting needles No. 5.
This sweater is knitted crosswise in plain stitch. (Garter stitch.) The stars mean to repeat the directions between them.
_Back._ Cast on 120 stitches (24 inches), *knit 5 ribs even; in 6th rib decrease 1 stitch at each side; repeat from *4 times, then decrease every 10th rib each side 6 times; knit 10 ribs even, or until piece measures 20 inches at side. Bind off 6 stitches at each side for armholes, then decrease one stitch every other rib 6 times—12 stitches, in all, decreased for each armhole. The 74 stitches now left on needle should not measure more than 15 inches; knit 18 ribs even. *In next row leave 5 stitches at end of needle, turn and knit to within 5 stitches at other end, turn, thus working back and forth, each time leaving 5 stitches more than before at end of needle on both sides until only 34 stitches are worked over, then knit 2 ribs over the entire 74 stitches on needle and bind off.
[Illustration: _Courtesy of “Bear Brand Yarn Manufacturers”_]
_Front._ Cast on 80 stitches and knit 10 ribs even; keep front edge straight and decrease at other side one stitch every 6th rib 6 times, then decrease at same side every 10th rib 6 times. Work even until front is as long as back at underarm seam (68 stitches on row, which should measure 13½ inches). Bind off 10 stitches at sloped side for armhole, then decrease at same side one stitch every rib in each of the following 10 ribs. From now on keep edge straight at armhole and decrease one stitch at neck in each of the following 20 ribs. *In next rib bind off 6 stitches at armhole for shoulder and decrease one stitch at neck as before; repeat from 3 times and fasten off. Mark out on the finished front the places for buttons (on 2d, 20th and 38th rib from neck) and on second front make buttonholes in corresponding places, as follows: beginning from front edge knit 5 stitches, bind off 4 stitches, knit to end of row; on next row cast on 4 stitches opposite those bound off. Sew up shoulder seam over 24 stitches.